36 Weeks! First Experience in Labor and Delivery.

On Saturday night, I tried to go
to bed a litle earlier with my hubby. I could not sleep all night. I
felt nauseous and crampy pains.Around 8 am I started to feel sharp
pains right above the va-jay jay area and sudden urges to go to the
bathroom. Then, at 9 am, I was going to the bathroom every other minute
thinking I had to pee. The pains right above my va-jay jay area started
to get more intense like a period cramp. By 10, I started crying
because I was so uncomfortable and my mom told me to call my OBGYN
group. I did, and I gave them all of my symptoms, telling them I am
trinkling a littl', not sure if it is my water, and told them about the
consistent sharp cramp like pains since 8 am.She then told me that she
thinks that I might be going into early stages of labor but does not
think it is intense labor. She wanted me to go to the labor and
delivery section of the hospital to get checked out.


Nicholas and I arrived at the hospital by 11:15-11:30 ish. I was placed
on a contraction monitor and the baby was being monitored. My blood
pressure was elevated pretty high for me. I was so confused since I
really do not know what a contraction is and sometimes when I am having
them. As I was talking to the nurse, she asked me..,"Are you having a
contraction now?" I did not even realize it and told her, " You know, I
think I am from what you have told me" and it showed up on the machine.
My contractions were averaged every 3 to 5 MINUTES! I could not believe
it! Then, they checked my cervix. My cervix was softened 50/50 and so
they decided after talking to my doctor that they were going to keep me
longer! I thought I would be there for an hour but by this time it was
1:15!!


The next thing they wanted me to do was to walk around the labor and
delivery section of the hospital with Nicholas. We did that for 45
minutes and came back to the room close to 1 hr later. They hooked me
back up to the machines and my contractions I felt were calming down
because I, too, was calming down from being tired from walking. As I am
about to really fall asleep.. all of the sudden HARD contractions come
on.. 4 to 7 minutes apart but BIGGER ones. I was holding on the the
side of the bed.. the bar there.. and just trying to breathe through it
and relax.. The nurse came back in and the two mid wives from my
doctors office who were already at the hospital but offered to help out
my doctor. They saw the contractions lessen and then get more hard near
the end and i informed them of that as well.


They went to check my cervix and to their surprise, ( both checked
cause they were shocked!) I was dilated about 1 cm! Since, it was now 3
something.. and about 4 hrs since I had came in.. They decided that I
would be more comfortable at home.. they said that Connor could come at
9 am tonight, tomorrow, anytime this week.. The next.. or even closer
to my due date. Nick asked if he had the opportunity to work from home
if he could should he and they all said YES! They said the next few
days (this week) is crucial to see if contractions get worse. So,
Connor might be on his way!


Tonight, I napped and then had dinner with Nick and my In-Laws. They
brought over take out and we just relaxed. After my nap I was soaking
wet so I changed before going downstairs to dinner. Then, during dinner
I still had mild contractions.. then afterwards.. they got pretty
severe for two hours or so. I took a hot bath and am on a little break
from them so we shall see if they come back harder this time or not.
Sorry for the long post just wanted to inform everyone of the situation!


Love You All! Patiently waiting on Connor's Arrival!! As the nurses
said, "At least these contractions, if anything, were not for nothing!
I dilated and am on my way!"

XoXo,

Laurie